Mine-cap for draft-animals.



'No. 669,909. Patented Mar. |2, |90|.-

A. C. YOUNG MINE CAP FUR DRAFT ANIMALS.

(Application filed Oct. 7, 1899.)

(H b Modal.)

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICEQ ALBERT o. YOUNG, OFAME'ISVILLRIOHIO.

MINE-GAP ,FOR DRAFT-ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming e: Letters Patent No. 669,909, dated March 12,'1901.

Applicatidu filed oo'toteimsa'o. smu no. 732.91g; t me.)

Ta all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, ALBERT O. ,Younega citizen of the United States, residing at Amesville, in thecounty of Athens and State of v ing is a specification."

Ohio,.ha,ve invented a new and useful- Mine--.

Gap for Draft-Animal s, of which the follow- This invention relates to a, mine-cap" for draft-animals; and the primaryfobject of the.

same is to provide a simple and eifectiveshield to protect-the head of the animal and prevent injury thereto by direct contact with thereof 1 of a mine-lead or other depending'or jutting obstructions, particularly'in'low places.

The invention consists in-{the construction and arrengeinent of theseveral psi-ts in de-,-

tail, which will be more fully hereinaftefdescribed and claimed.

.Ito indicate at 2, and the remaining. part 35 e 'etw ph s p ovid d y- 's ears of {a horseior mule,

In the drawings, Figure 1 is -e, perspective view of the improved device showuiprdv'ided with ear-covers and applied. operative .pa- 1 Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal'vertrcalsec the shield broken without the esrrc'overs.

Similarnumerals'of'refereiicea" corresponding pa tt't'sgib views. p The numeral 1 designates'the as shown in Fig. 3, isform'ed sultable material having the thereof ofsubstantially semic' arear tongue ,3, =fconnected stantia'lly oveliopeningsj 5. the partiallyiex tend intothe maih'parti endsrfi andljaire form d e pte w fear ofith top portio'h of the headoffafihorsejor Bydrewin'gthesquared endst and? -;the;ji-su-hstafxitie;llyoval opeuiugst a; afcentoirr'simulating. that of thebase and the great ationlof theshield' is arrangedto; project weirdly or(i'n advance of the ears and..."

pletelypovergthe rammed-c w close to. th

eye's. Through thecenter of the shield proper, as set forth, a reinforce 8 extends and is securely fastened on the exterior. The

said reinforce is preferably, formed of two rial that will'resist wear and has a. wide front -member 9, which is located over the center of the forehead, anda'slightly-narrower rear member 10, adaptedto be positioned over the crown of 'the' animals head directly in rear of the ears. The members9 and 10 are conwhich is positioned between the ears when the device, is applied, and it will be observed I chjments, and'whehsp fi'om'the extent and shapeof this reinforce that the vital members or portions of an auimals head are protected thereby. The shield 1 is providedwith a, soft lining or cushion,

jpracticalexperiment that'a. suitable thick best serves The improv'eddevice is intended to be used ,ithout a bridle and is held in place plied" jjbyj a;- threat tance thevdevice asthus farder pliedin'operative'po jsition' jt'she 98 1 of "the-1a 12 connected and ad, usted,asf'shown"by Fig, 1. Asia valuableauxiliary to'thef'shieldit is proposedto. secu re in the openings 5 Ba r-00371 i ers13','which areshap'ed' toflconform to the I earspf a liorse or. mule end-are preferably f constructed'ofinsulating materishsuch as rubber,rubbereompound, orcother substance. 3 These ear-covers are; large enough to easily "sli'pfover or be readily. withdrawn from the ears of the animal anddo not cause annoy- ,by the use ofthe said devices 'the'animal is "shielded from injurious results which: arise {bycontact with electric-light wires or other nected by an intermediate narrow neck 11,

sand the exterior portion thereofis made of" tough material. Though it is not intended that the-shield belimited-in its-make-up to 'sny'j-precisemsterial it has been found bv 1 crib'ed; 'm'eyib used elone without other at "through the openings fiend-the throat-latch:

provided with ventilntingw apertures l gand plies or thicknesses of a suitable tough mate- 1 the purpose, be icau's'egit is less liablejto. be torn or cut and is ithe'reforewmore durable and odors a. better 1 Jrm ectio {8s nimalwill he slipped electric feeders within a mine. The shield 1 also ventilated by the formation of apertion of said shield thereunder, and theadvantage of these apertures in the positionspecified will he obviously 'apparent.- I

Having thus'descri-b'ed the inventionpwhat is claimed as new isreinforce extending centrally over the front forming in; shape to purpose set forth, con- 1. A' shield for the the'top portion. of the head of a draft-animal and extending over the forehead, the, crown between and in rear of the ears and the portions at the sides below ,the' ears, the shield having openings therein for the passage of the ears Iherethrough,a

and rear portions of the shield and between "the openings for the ears, the reinforce and a the portion of the shield therebeneath having 20 ear-covers attached to the shield over the ventilating openings therein, and insulating openings for'the ears and also having ventilating-openings therein..

2. A mine-cap for protectingthe head-of 7 draft animals, comprising a leather shield 1 having a'permanent shape conforming to that of and fitting down flat over the top portion tures 15 through the reinforce andthe porshield and broadened over of the head of the animal, said shield ism- '-ing a complete and continuous covering for the portion of the head to which it is applied and adapted to head to the eyes, over the crown between and 30, extend down over the forein rear of the ears and over the sid'e portions 'of the head adjacent to and outside of the ears, openings being formed in the side portime of the crown inwardly from the adjathe shield permitting the use ofa single fastening means to hold it in practically-applied position,'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my:o w.n I have hereto affixed my signature in l the presence of two witnesses.

, ALBERT o. YOUN e.

Witnessesi I ,D. W. YOUNG, M. E. GIBsoN. 

